Adams Building Doors - Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK.
N 52° 57.174 W 001° 08.600
30U E 624731 N 5868644
The doors are located on the Adams Building on Stoney Street, Nottingham.
Waymark Code: WMWVV9
Location: East Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 10/19/2017
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Adams Building is located on Stoney Street, in the Lace Market district of Nottingham.
The building, which was formerly a lace showroom and warehouse, was designed one of the country’s leading architects, Nottingham-born Thomas Chambers Hine. It was built in 1855 and modelled on a grand country house in the Anglo-Italian style.
It is Grade II* listed and is now part of the City campus of New College Nottingham (it is not open to the public). (
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There is a green plaque placed at the entrance to the Adams Building,
to commemorated the achievements of Thomas Adams.
Thomas Adams was born at Worksop, Nottinghamshire on 5 February 1807 and was a lace manufacturer and philanthropist based in Nottingham.
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The doors are at the top of steps at the entrance to the building. They are white with elaborate decorative panels that have a lace type style and design, in keeping with the former use of the building. The initials T.A for Thomas Adams can be seen intricately worked into the centre of the two rectangular panels.